Large and varied song list; lots of replay to unlock everything; EyeToy support.

EyeToy games get old quickly; it's really just more of the same.

When Konami first brought the original Dance Dance Revolution game to the U.S., nobody could have guessed how well the game would do. Much to the delight of music game fans (who at that point had to rely on import games for their rhythmic fixes), DDR caught on, and Konami continued to support the series in the States. Most updates since the original have added a few new features here and there (say, a new gameplay mode or two), but the main action has remained pretty much the same. With DDR Extreme, however, there's a clever new twist on the old formula thanks to Sony's EyeToy.

The new party mode is where the PS2's USB camera comes into play. If you have the device, five exclusive mini-games are available. The simplest of the bunch is "Watch Me Dance." Here, you simply play a standard game of DDR, except instead of music videos or polygonal characters in the background, you see yourself dancing. Depending on your skill level, this may or may not be a good thing.

Let the Rhythm Flow Through You

"Hands and Feet" is also very similar to the normal DDR experience, except that in addition to using just the dance pad to move to the beat, there are two hand icons that you must wave your hands in front of to activate. Coordinating both your hands and feet can be a challenge, and will probably cause even seasoned players to stumble once in a while.

Shake it like a Polaroid picture to make the coconuts drop, then catch 'em.

The third EyeToy mini-game is the last one that alters the basic DDR formula. "Clean the Screen" covers the viewing area with all sorts of random images that have the nasty tendency to block your view of the arrows. To see what you're doing, you'll need to constantly move not only your feet, but your arms and body. The movement clears the obstacles out of your view, but only temporarily. You're entire body gets a workout in this mode.

Strangely enough, the remaining two EyeToy games are very un-DDR-ish. In "Coconut Panic" you much quickly step left and right on the dance pad to shake a pair of coconut trees. You then use your hands to catch the falling fruit. "Magical Ball" plays a lot like the classic games Breakout or Arkanoid where you use your hand as a paddle to knock a ball around in an effort to break all the onscreen blocks.